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Pierre Jeanneret Pigeon Hole Desk, France/India 1957
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in London, GB
most celebrated furniture designs for the administrative buildings in the city. The PJ-BU-02-A desk
Category

Vintage 1950s Indian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

Pierre Jeanneret / Le Corbusier "Pigeon Hole" Mid Century Wooden Desk, 1950s
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare and collectible "pigeon hole" wooden desk for the administrative building in Chandigarh
Category

Vintage 1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Leather, Teak

19th Century Standard Grade Wooton Desk
By Wooton Desk Co.
Located in Dallas, TX
required users to fold and title each letter or document and place it in a pigeon hole, or small nook, were
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Desks

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Standard Grade Wooton Desk
19th Century Standard Grade Wooton Desk
H 64.5 in W 41.25 in D 31.25 in
American Indianapolis, Indiana Mahogany Wooton Armoire Desk, circa 1880
By Wooton Desk Co.
Located in Lowestoft, GB
panelled doors to reveal an assortment of small drawers, nooks for papers, pigeon holes etc The desk has
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Desks

Materials

Mahogany

French Postal Desk
Located in Cirencester, GB
even as a kitchen desk with the very useful 25 pigeon holes. It would add originality to any setting
Category

Vintage 1950s French Industrial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

French Postal Desk
French Postal Desk
H 75.4 in W 49.22 in D 27.96 in
Small Campaign Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
folding open to reveal an interior with pigeon holes and a leather writing surface above square tapering
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Campaign Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Small Campaign Desk
Small Campaign Desk
H 34.75 in W 29 in D 29.75 in
Vintage Burl Walnut Ladies Writing Desk, Slant Front Desk, Scotland 1920, H838
Located in Vancouver, BC
writing surface with embossed leather insert Pigeon holed with a single shelf and singled drawer interior
Category

20th Century Scottish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Superb Sheraton Revival Satinwood Desk
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4637 Fine late Victorian satinwood bureau, having arched tambour top which open to reveal pigeons
Category

Antique 1890s English Sheraton Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Satinwood

Superb Sheraton Revival Satinwood Desk
Superb Sheraton Revival Satinwood Desk
H 36.23 in W 28.75 in D 23.63 in
Superb 1920s Oak Roll Top Desk
Located in Dublin, IE
surface and fitted interior with an arrangement of compartments comprising of small drawers, pigeon holes
Category

Vintage 1920s English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Superb 1920s Oak Roll Top Desk
Superb 1920s Oak Roll Top Desk
H 40 in W 42 in D 27 in
New York Mahogany Federal Butlers Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
holes and short and long drawers. The overall desk presents with string inlay decorated deep top desk
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Federal Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

New York Mahogany Federal Butlers Desk
New York Mahogany Federal Butlers Desk
H 44.75 in W 47 in D 23.25 in
18th c. English Architect's Desk/Library Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
surface and drawers and pigeon holes and having leather lined writing surface, the sides with two lower
Category

Antique 1760s English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Unusual Antique American Sheraton Clerk's Desk with Gallery
Located in Morristown, NJ
pigeon hole flanked by three square pigeon holes to each side. The slant writing surface is over three
Category

Antique Early 19th Century American Sheraton Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Exhibition Quality Mahogany Cylinder Desk, Maple & Co
By Maple & Co.
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
with original brass handles and cylinder front which open to reveal small drawers, pigeon holes, two
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Slant-Front Drafting Desk Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
compartment, gallery with two dovetailed drawers, letter slots and pigeon hole cubbies, brass cartouche shaped
Category

Early 20th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Felt, Ebony, Burl, Rosewood, Palisander, Maple, Mahogany, Kingwood

19th Century Walnut Davenport or Ship Captain's Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
holes. The desk surmounted above a fixed panel with inlaid trim and resting on trestle feet with casters
Category

Antique 19th Century Campaign Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Unusual Antique George lII Mahogany and Oak Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
reveal a fitted interior with pigeon holes and six working drawers above a kneehole centre flanked by six
Category

Antique 18th Century European George III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique English Georgian Walnut Slant Front Secretary Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
column form "secret drawers" and an assortment of pigeon holes and drawers including 1/2" frieze drawers
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Free Standing English Regency Tambour Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Kastrup, DK
reveal a fitted interior with drawers, pigeon holes and a slant lid leather writing surface. Apron with 2
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Large Napoleon III Ebonized Partners’ Desk, circa 1860
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
pedestals enclosing drawers, cupboards with satinwood slides and pigeon holes, decorated throughout with
Category

Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ebony

Cylinder Desk, Victorian Period, Flamed Mahogany, 19th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
and 6 pigeon holes to hold letters or any type of document to be sent or awaiting processing. This
Category

Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

19th century William IV mahogany roll top writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Fine quality English mahogany roll top desk circa 1830. Rare piece of English furniture we found
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Fabulous Edwardian Inlaid Desk in the Carlton House Style
By Carlton House Fine Furniture
Located in Dublin, IE
open upwards to reveal a fitted section with arrangement of pigeon holes. Raised over desk top of
Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique Tiger Oak Double Pedestal Free Standing Desk, Scotland 1900, H936
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Tiger Oak Double Pedestal Free Standing Desk, Scotland 1900, H936 Scotland 1920 Solid oak
Category

Antique Early 1900s Scottish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique Georgian Oak Bureau Slant Front Desk, Scotland 1810, H802
Located in Vancouver, BC
with brass knobs, one missing knob Central cubby hole with door front 8 Pigeon holes to interior
Category

Antique 19th Century North American Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Dickens Pedestal Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
by a gallery shelf above a hinged surface enclosing pigeon holes and a small horizontal hinged
Category

Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

English Edwardian Fully Fitted Oak Serpentine Roll Top Desk - Twin Pedestal
Located in Leicester, GB
so many drawers, writing trays and pigeon holes - its really wonderful to see the attention to detail
Category

Vintage 1910s British Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique Georgian Tiger Oak Bureau, Desk, Writing Table, Scotland 1810, H975
Located in Vancouver, BC
interior is fitted with numerous pigeon holes, 4 drawers and panelled cupboard door to the centre Having 4
Category

Antique 19th Century North American Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique Arts & Crafts English Liberty & Co. School Oak Post Card Desk c1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
construction with upper having shaped backsplash, pigeon holes and drawers over double drawer case raised on
Category

Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Late 19th Century English Carved Oak Green Man Bureau Desk
Located in Norwich, GB
shaped all round plinth. Inside features a pigeon hole interior with two drawers and a leather and
Category

Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak, Leather

Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Roll-Top Desk Attributed to P. Bernard
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
slide with four short drawers and five pigeon holes, the frieze centred by a push button drawer mounted
Category

Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Roll-Top Desk, English, Bureau, Aesthetic Period, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
of skivers, arcading to pigeon holes and small drawers Skiver pulls out to a comfortable working
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Fine Sheraton Revival Satinwood Inlaid Carlton House Desk. with Letter Boxes, Ci
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in Dereham, GB
pigeon holes Pair letter slots each side on top, concave shaped book slides with locks & keys, under
Category

Antique 1880s English Sheraton Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Satinwood

18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
Located in Berlin, DE
writing surface, four drawers, pigeon-holes and a secret door, with two small drawers and one full-length
Category

Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Federal Birch Slant Front Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
proportioned interior pigeon hole area with six smaller drawers. Excellent color and patina on an old refinish
Category

Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Desks

Materials

Birch

Federal Birch Slant Front Desk
Federal Birch Slant Front Desk
H 40.5 in W 37.5 in D 18.5 in
Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
attractive interior with block front and serpentine drawers beneath pigeon holes, flanking two columnar
Category

Antique 19th Century American Chippendale Desks

Materials

Walnut, Pine

Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk
Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk
H 44 in W 51 in D 27 in
French Cylinder Desk Bureau Mulberry, 1850
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Fitted Interior Having 4 Working Drawers a Pigeon Hole and a pullout Leather Writing Surface. Presented
Category

Antique 1850s Desks

Materials

Rosewood

George III Scarlet Gilt Japanned Desk
Located in London, GB
slide and various pigeon-holes and drawers; above four drawers all decorated and with brass handles
Category

Antique Early 1800s English George III Desks

Materials

Brass

George III Scarlet Gilt Japanned Desk
George III Scarlet Gilt Japanned Desk
H 42.52 in W 37.8 in D 19.69 in
Carved Oak and Rattan Reception Desk
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
one long drawer with a beautifully carved frieze and another small drawer with a pigeon hole at each
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Arts and Crafts Desks

Materials

Oak

Georgian Mahogany Slant Front Bureau / Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
interior drawer, flanked by drawers and pigeon holes on each side. Original bracket feet. Gold tooled
Category

Antique 18th Century British George III Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

French Escritoire Desk Mahogany Antique Chest
Located in Potters Bar, GB
surface and an arrangement off drawers and pigeon holes above which there is a single oak lined drawer
Category

Antique 1860s Empire Desks

Materials

Mahogany

English Desk Queen Anne Style, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
drawers and compartments, four dovetailed drawers. The interior has multiple pigeon holes and shaped
Category

20th Century English Queen Anne Desks

Materials

Metal

 English Desk Queen Anne Style, 20th Century
 English Desk Queen Anne Style, 20th Century
H 37.41 in W 31.89 in D 19.69 in
French 19th Century Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Brighton, Sussex
an inset writing tablet, drawers and pigeon holes. Raised on elegant cabriole legs, free standing.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Mahogany

French 19th Century Ladies Writing Desk
French 19th Century Ladies Writing Desk
H 31.11 in W 25.99 in D 18.51 in
19th c. Swedish Rococo Painted Fall Front Desk
Located in Wichita, KS
drawers with two pigeon holes and a center secret door all behind the desk surface. The desk surface is
Category

Antique 19th Century Swedish Rococo Desks

Materials

Wood, Paint

19th c. Swedish Rococo Painted Fall Front Desk
19th c. Swedish Rococo Painted Fall Front Desk
H 37.63 in W 34.69 in D 19.69 in
American Sheraton Mahogany Campaign Desk, Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
pigeon holes, sliding lower case writing surface concealing fitted interior over single drawer and
Category

Antique 1820s American Campaign Desks

Victorian Secretaire Bookcase Mahogany Cylinder Desk 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Arrangement of Pigeon Holes. The Glazed Doors to the Upper Section Opening to Reveal 2 x Adjustable Shelves
Category

Antique 1860s Victorian Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Period Regency Mahogany Mechanical Gentleman's Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
number of ways through the operation of cranks that raise and lower the back section with pigeon holes
Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Circa 1780-1810 American Slant-Front Desk
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
interior of valanced pigeon holes & drawers with prospect door. Raised on bracket feet (restored) and with
Category

Antique Late 18th Century American Late Victorian Desks

Materials

Wood, Cherry, Birch

Circa 1780-1810 American Slant-Front Desk
Circa 1780-1810 American Slant-Front Desk
H 41 in W 41.25 in D 21.75 in
Early 19th Century English Fall Front Butler's Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
shallow stationary drawers over pigeon holes, four inlaid drawers on each side , inlaid prospect door
Category

Antique 1810s English Georgian Desks

Materials

Brass

Regency Revival Bureau Ladies Desk Mahogany Inlay 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
and Shaped Pigeon Holes.
Category

Antique 1890s Regency Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Antique French Desk, Walnut Bonheur De Jour, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
this piece having an arrangement of drawers and pigeon holes and a sliding well. Having Kingwood Cross
Category

Antique 1860s Desks

Materials

Walnut

Antique Federal Hepplewhite Birdseye Maple & Mahogany Secretary Desk C1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
double lattice and glass doors opening to shelved interior with lower pigeon holes surmounting lower case
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Hepplewhite Desks

Materials

Birdseye Maple, Mahogany

Large Antique Edwardian Freestanding Quality Oak Roll Top Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
back, quality swan neck tambour opening to reveal a fitted interior consisting of drawers, pigeon holes
Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks

Materials

Oak

Queen Anne Burled Walnut Slant Front Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
to hold a book. When open it reveals a writing surface with numerous pigeon holes for papers and four
Category

Antique 1720s British Queen Anne Desks

Materials

Brass

Antique English Mahogany Secretair Bureau Desk With Cabinets
Located in EDENSOR PARK, NSW
, four external china or display cabinets, three external drawers, fourteen pigeon holes, two trinket
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

English Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk with String Inlay
Located in Woodbury, CT
drawer fronts. The interior is exquisitely appointed with pigeon holes, and small drawers flanking a
Category

Antique 19th Century British Georgian Desks

Materials

Walnut

American Hepplewhite Birch Fall Front Inlaid Desk. Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
consisting of seven drawers over seven pigeon holes, with a leather writing surface. Lower case has
Category

Antique 1810s American Hepplewhite Desks

Materials

Brass

Maitland Smith Carved Mahogany Chinese Chippendale Style Carlton Desk Set c1940
Located in Big Flats, NY
Chinese Chippendale style desk set by Maitland Smith offers mahogany desk with shaped rail over pigeon
Category

Mid-20th Century Chippendale Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Biedermeier Style Burled Birchwood Secretary Desk by Colombo Mobili
By Colombo Mobili
Located in Shippensburg, PA
prospect door over a drawer flanked on either side by six pigeon-hole letter slots over an open compartment
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Biedermeier Desks

Materials

Brass

Fine Quality Antique Edwardian Freestanding Mahogany Inlaid Cylinder Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
original brass handles, four pigeon holes, pen tray and a pair of original glass inkwells. It boasts the
Category

Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Desks

Materials

Other

English Chippendale Mahogany Carved Floral Desk With Bookcase. Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
molded edge, fitted interior pigeon holes over four drawers, adjustable interior shelving, hand caved
Category

Antique 1770s English Chippendale Desks

Materials

Mahogany

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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal pigeon hole desk for your home. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and walnut, every pigeon hole desk was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a pigeon hole desk, we have 152 options in-stock, while there are 6 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect pigeon hole desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A pigeon hole desk, designed in the Georgian, Victorian or Regency style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made pigeon hole desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by &New, Baker Furniture Company and Gillows of Lancaster & London are consistently popular.

How Much is a Pigeon Hole Desk?

Prices for a pigeon hole desk start at $650 and top out at $275,000 with the average selling for $5,631.
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